Jonathan Lavine

Co-Chair

Columbia, B.A., 1988

Harvard University, M.B.A., 1992

Jonathan Lavine is Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital, LP and Chief Investment Officer of Bain Capital Credit, which he founded in 1998. Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private, multi-asset alternative investment firms. The firm invests across asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital, real estate and other strategic areas of focus. Bain Capital has approximately $95 billion in assets under management and 1,000 employees with 19 offices on four continents. Mr. Lavine is also a member of the Boston Celtics’ ownership group and serves as a director.

Before the formation of Bain Capital Credit, Mr. Lavine worked in Bain Capital’s private equity business, which he joined in 1993. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Lavine was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert in mergers and acquisitions.

In 2007, he and his wife, Jeannie, formed the Crimson Lion Foundation which delivers financial resources to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations focused on leveling the playing field for individuals and families, with a particular emphasis on access to quality educational opportunities and addressing economic inequality. The Lavines are longtime supporters of Columbia University, where Mr. Lavine currently serves as a Co- Chair of the Board of Trustees. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Lavine served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees and chaired the Columbia College Board of Visitors. The Lavines are longtime supporters of critical initiatives across the university including financial aid, student life and faculty support. Mr. Lavine currently co-chairs the Core to Commencement and Columbia Commitment Campaigns.

In addition to his work with Columbia, Mr. Lavine serves as Co-Chair of the National Board of Trustees of City Year, an organization focused on stemming the high school dropout rate in urban centers across the United States. In 2015, uAspire, an organization focused on providing financial resources to attain a postsecondary education, dedicated the Lavine Family Center for College Affordability. The Lavines and the Crimson Lion Foundation also provide financial support to numerous other national and community-based organizations including LIFT, a nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle on intergenerational poverty, Best Buddies, Cradles to Crayons and the Equal Justice Initiative.

In the area of healthcare, in 2011, the Lavines endowed the Lavine Family Humanitarian Studies Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health. Mr. Lavine also serves on the boards of Boston Children’s Hospital Trust and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.